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Well-nighSt Richard Reynolds - St Richard Reynolds Catholic College HomeAbout the CollegeOur VisionParent Information - PrimaryParent Information - High SchoolPrimary School Policies & StatementsHigh School Policies & StatementsCurriculum, Teaching & Learning Primary School Curriculum, Teaching & Learning High School Safety and wellbeingParents and friendsUniformMusicLocationReligious life and ethosCalendarThe Principal and StaffGovernanceAbout St Richard ReynoldsTerm datesCollege Travel PlanThe College MottoSportBritish Values & CommunitySupportGovernors FundGDPRSixth FormAdmissionsPrimary School AdmissionsHigh School AdmissionsSixth Form AdmissionsNewsSupportRecruitmentContact UsFAQDaily BulletinLocal InfoWell-nighSt Richard Reynolds The College has been placed under the Patronage of a saint with local connections: Saint Richard Reynolds. Saint Richard Reynolds O.Ss.S, was a Bridgettine monk of Syon Abbey, founded in Twickenham by Henry V. He was born in Devon in 1492, educated at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, and joined the Abbey in 1513. He was martyred at Tyburn on 4th May 1535 with three Carthusian Priors John Houghton, Robert Lawrence and Augustine Webster (a monk of Sheen Priory in Richmond) for refusing the Oath of Supremacy. Also martyred with them on that day was Blessed John Haile the parish priest of Isleworth. He was beatified in 1886 and canonised by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales on 25th October 1970. His repast day is 4th May. The painting (left) was specially vicarious by the Chairman of the Governing Body, Andrew Cole, for the Official Opening of St Richard Reynolds Catholic College on 19th September 2013. The versifier is Jared Gilbey. St Richard Reynolds is shown wearing the habit of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour, he holds the typesetting of Psalms in his left hand and a palm reed in his right hand, a symbol of his martyrdom. To his right are the Carthusian priors and Blessed John Hailes, overdue them is the Tyburn Tree; to his left, Queen Birgita of Sweden (St Birgitta of Sweden) who founded the Order. To the lefft and right of the wiring of the painting can be found Syon Abbey which he entered in 1513 and The Tower of London where he was held until his execution. At the top left and right are Henry VIII who sigend his death warrant and his Chancellor, Thomas Cromwell who prepared the specimen versus him. In a scroll whilom his throne is a verse from Psalm 27 which Richard Reynolds quoted in his trial, Credo videre bona domini in terra viventium (I believe to see the good things of the Lord). It is from this verse that the College motto is derived; Videte bona Domini (See the good things of the Lord).  More well-nigh Syon Abbey The Monastery of St Saviour and St Bridget of Syon was founded in 1415 by King Henry V on the banks of the Thames at Twickenham, wideness the river from his other unconfined foundation of the Sheen Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem. The Order of the Holy Saviour, wontedly tabbed the Bridgettines without its founder, Queen Birgitta, or Bridget of Sweden. Bridget was a unconfined Swedish mystic, who founded Syon’s motherhouse, Vadstena, in 1377. The Bridgettines were a double Order, its houses comprising a larger number of Nuns, and a smaller number of Monks, known as Canons. First among the Canons was the Confessor-General, with the whole House presided over by the Lady Abbess. The Order spread quickly throughout Europe. King Henry’s foundation was originally for 60 Nuns (including the Abbess) and 25 Canons (the Confessor-General, 12 priests, 4 Deacons and 8 Lay Brothers). Syon Abbey soon became one of the Order’s most prestigious houses, enjoying an enviable reputation for the holiness and learning of its members. In a short time it had built up one of the finest renaissance libraries in the country.   Following the dissolution of the Monastery by Thomas Cromwell under Henry VIII, the polity moved in exile to the Netherlands, and were one of the important houses to enjoy a unenduring return to their home under Queen Mary (1553-57). They were once then expelled in 1557, and attempted settlement in various places in France and Spain, surpassing finally settling in Lisbon between 1594 and 1861, when they were worldly-wise to return to England, finally settling at South Brent in Devon. Following the Dissolution of the Mother House of Vadstena in the Swedish Reformation, Syon Abbey became regarded as the Order’s senior House, and it was to Syon Abbey that Elisabeth Hesselblad wrote for permission to take private vows as a Bridgettine when she founded a revival of the Bridgittine Order in the early twentieth century. The suggested reconstruction of the Syon Abbey Church by Dr Jonathan Foyle (2004) shows how it might have appeared virtually 1530. It is based on archaeological excavations at Syon Park by The Time Team and Birkbeck University. It was a magnificent and imposing towers unscientific to measure well-nigh 37 metres wide by 145 metres long. You are here:   HomeWell-nighthe CollegeWell-nighSt Richard Reynolds Tweets by @StRRCCollege Location St Richard Reynolds Catholic College Clifden Road Twickenham TW1 4LT T: 020 8325 4630 www.strichardreynolds.org.uk @StRRCCollege Google maps Back to Top © 2018 St Richard Reynolds Catholic College